The online male magazine, AskMen.com, has compiled its yearly Top 29 cities for men to live in. Here’s how they’ve come up with the rankings:

Our formula has ranked the best cities for men – the best cities in which to live, work and party – based on data that includes the number of guaranteed vacation days per year, weather, unemployment rate, new restaurant and club openings, the cost of a Nissan 370Z, and more.

Here are this year’s rankings:

1. New York
2. Melbourne
3. Tokyo
4. Madrid
5. London
6. Cape Town
7. Miami
8. Buenos Aires
9. Sydney
10. San Francisco
11. Paris
12. Los Angeles
13. Hong Kong
14. Tel Aviv
15. Barcelona
16. Sao Paulo
17. Berlin
18. Lisbon
19. Beirut
20. Istanbul
21. Shanghai
22. Montreal
23. Amsterdam
24. Chicago
25. Toronto
26. Kyoto
27. Bogota
28. Rome
29. Las Vegas

Yep, Beirut ranks 19 with the only competition from Tel Aviv here in the Middle East, while at the same time beating Istanbul, Amsterdam and Las Vegas.

Why does Beirut do so well? Well, according to the website, the city ranks high in terms of weather, dating (high women-to-men ratio and high percentage of university-educated females), and the fresh air factor. Though for the last measurement, they cheated by grouping other parts of Lebanon, like the Cedars, into their ranking.

From AskMen.com: West Beirut public beach